By Tyler Waldrep Almost two years ago, Clay Holstad watched his older brother, Hunter Holstad, represent Oak Mountain in the North-South All-Star boys’ soccer game. As a fan of the sport, Clay Holstad admired the talent on display; as his brother’s biggest fan, he cheered; and as a player, he added another goal to his list. “It was always something I strove for,” Clay … [Read more...]
Doctor in The Gardens: Tommy and Yates Amason Are This Year’s Antiques at The Gardens Honorees
By Blake Ells Dr. Thomas G. Amason Jr. is a gardener. Well, Amason is a lot of things. He served in the Navy, he’s a pediatrician, he’s a philanthropist and he’s a Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens trustee who served as chairman of the board of directors in 2008-2010. He was a gardener when he was 12 years old and he’s a gardener in semi-retirement. But “gardener” … [Read more...]
Back From the Brink: Mountain Brook’s Wetzler Caps Football Career With North-South Game
By Tyler Waldrep When Mountain Brook met Tuscaloosa County on the football field last fall, the Spartan’s head coach, Chris Yeager, watched as 10 of his defenders ran to shut a play down. The only one not running to the ball was team-leader and middle linebacker Will Wetzler. But he didn’t have to take off running to the ball. It was coming to him; the handoff had been a … [Read more...]
I Can Do This
By Sue Murphy There’s nothing like coming back from a relaxing vacation to the smell of mildew. Wet bathing suits? Not that lucky. No, while I was soaking up sun, my kitchen floors were soaking up water. A lot of water. Apparently, there’s a little valve on my refrigerator hose that decided to open when it should have closed. Never happened in the past three years I’d been … [Read more...]
The Good Sport: Remembering Lee Davis | 1956-2017
For the first time in almost 25 years, a familiar byline is missing from the Over the Mountain Journal’s sports pages. Lee Davis, who passed away June 2, loved sports. But most of all, he loved telling the stories of the people who played them. Whether he was writing about a legendary athlete, a coach battling cancer, a hotly recruited high school quarterback or a young player … [Read more...]